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A chicken's normal body temperature is 105F. They evolved from tropical jungles. Where I live in northern Minnesota, we don't see temps over 100F except maybe a few times in the summer. It might be interesting to see if different colored chickens in hot areas have higher, or lower, surface...

I don't paint or treat my planters. I don't have problems with termites where I live. If/when the planter rots out, I'll just build a new one. I expect my pallet wood planters and raised beds will last 5 years, maybe longer, before they need to be replaced. Since I enjoy making stuff anyways...

:clap Your momma provided lots of good information. That was a very informative post. I'll just add a few comments that I think I can answer... A good mix improves the composting process. Nitrogen rich materials speed up the composting. However, I never worry about the ratio. The carbon...

I don't know where you live, but if I kept my chickens on dirt it would turn to mud every time it rained. That's why I converted my entire run into a chicken run composting system. Well, that, and I do a lot of gardening these days, so I wanted more homegrown compost for my raised beds instead...

All that yard where my chicken coop and run are located used to be a forest/wetland years ago. I did not have to section off that area of the chicken run where the "junk" trees are growing. The chickens just let them grow as they pushed up through the compost litter. Maybe they did not taste...

That's all the reason you need. You really have built something that will last for years for many chickens. Compare that to an "inexpensive" chicken coop kit sold at our local Fleet store... That's $500.00 for a coop only big enough for 3 chickens! And the build quality of that kit makes...

Yes, those small electric chippers are great for lightweight stuff. You can clean up some stuff out of the yard and end up with a bucket of woodchips to use for your chicken coop litter, nest box, or compost pile, for example. I would only recommend those chippers for people who do not expect...

:idunno Yeah, 4 years ago I found out that our county landfill has all the free wood chips I could ever use and since then my chippers have seen little action in the past few years. Before that, I used them a lot. But it's hard to beat FREE wood chips if you can find them locally. I paid about...

The small Sun Joe woodchipper I was referring to is this... I bought this woodchipper about 5 years ago. I see it is currently unavailable on Amazon, maybe they have a newer model now. For small branches, less than 1-1/2 inch round, it does a good job chipping up the wood. It makes nice...

⚠️ Update on Pallet Wood Raised Bed Trellis System Earlier this spring, someone suggested that I consider using the string method of trellising my indeterminant tomatoes. I looked more into that system and it looked like something I could try. I built a trellis system over one of my raised...

OK, got some temp readings just for fun. Outside temp: 79F Gravel road, full sun: 106.7F Green grass, full sun: 89.7F Green grass, shaded: 71.7F Chicken run compost, full sun: 93.7F Chicken run compost, shade under trees: 71.7F Note: the chicken run compost in the full sun is mainly brown...

There are many great ways to use that "waste" wood after you break down your pallets. Some of the wood could be used for small projects, like birdhouses. I used a lot of waste pallet wood in my fire ring for campfires. However, recently I built some more pallet wood raised beds and used that...

I mentioned that I have one section of my chicken run that I allowed some "junk" trees to grow. I top them off at about 6 feet high, just under the bird netting that I have stretched from the chicken run fencing. Here is what that looks like... That section is about 1/3 of my total chicken...

:yesss:That's a good buddy! Nice score!:yesss: Yep, that wood looks in great shape. There is no end to what you could use pallets with solid tops like that. I look forward to hearing what you do with them. FYI, I keep one of those type of solid top pallets in my garage and throw it on some...

⚠️ Check Out This Pallet Coop Build @Bantams182 recently posted their new pallet wood coop build with lots of great pictures. Check out that thread and leave a comment on the fantastic job they did. Here are just a few of the pictures posted on that thread... @Bantams182 has also posted a...

Not all chicks survive. Don't blame yourself for trying to save this one.

Yep, you need those tools to sift the sand and keep things clean. Sounds like your mom was on the right track. Oh, I would like that as well. Sometimes I chip up some pine tree branches with green needles on them and toss them into the chicken coop. Smells wonderful for a couple of weeks when...

Yep, it's in their chicken nature to scratch and peck, and dig holes. Sounds like you have a nice composting system set up for your aviary. The bulk of my compost run litter is indeed leaves, then grass clippings. All our kitchen scraps and leftovers get tossed into the run as well. What the...

:old There is a lot of stuff that I used to think was correct, like never using treated lumber for a raised garden food bed or using pallets for a build because of chemicals. I remember hauling our treated wood to a landfill because we knew not to burn it. But fortunately, we have moved on to...

I agree. I think location matters. I live in northern Minnesota. When I was looking into types of roosts for my chickens, I read that they would do better in cold climates with a 2X4 laid flat. That way, in the winter, they could easily roost on the flat 2X4 and tuck their feet into their body...